CRITICAL THINKING

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CRITICAL THINKING

• DECISION-MAKING

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GOOD DECISION-MAKING

• IS A FUNCTION OF
• GOOD CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

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CRITICAL THINKING IS

• The art of reasoned judgment
• The ability to analyze, evaluate, discriminate,
  and use reason when making choices
• How you use thinking in making decisions

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CHARACTERISTICS OF CRITICAL THINKING

• Ability to use reason logic
• Understanding context
• Notice patterns of relationship
• Ability to hypothesize

• Offering opinions w/reason
• Make judgments w/criteria
• Intellectual independence
• Using clear communication

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The WORKPLACE is looking for these critical
thinking skills

• Problem-solving
• Seeing things in the minds eye
• Reasoning

• Creative thinking
• Decision-making ability
• Knowing a how to learn

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Obstacles to Critical Thinking

• Perceptual how you see things
• Emotional your bias/feelings
• Cultural how you were brought up to think
• Expressive how well you communicate

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CRITICAL THINKING IS
Thinking outside of the box
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED
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Ways to Improve Critical Thinking

• Ask questions to clarify a problem be Sherlock
  Holmes
• Reframe what you hear
• Get verification for what you see or hear
• Think CREATIVELY about solutions to problems

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SOME CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISES
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BRAIN TEASERS
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BRAIN TEASERS

• Write the letter that occurs the greatest number
  of times in this proverb
• A good name is rather to be chosen than
  great riches.
• A certain letter is the fourth letter to the left
  of another letter. This other letter is the
  seventh letter to the right of N.
• What is the certain letter first
  mentioned?

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Brain Teaser Answers

• The number of E 6
• The certain letter is Q

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DECISION-MAKING
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DECISION-MAKING

• is a series of CHOICES you make both large and
  small

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GOOD DECISION-MAKING is

• making GOOD choices using ..
• Good CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

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Here is a process to use when trying to make a
decision
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• Pinpoint the problem
• Gather data
• Analyze data
• Determine alternatives
• Evaluate consequences
• Imagine paying consequences
• Choose
• Act
• Evaluate

DECISION MADE
ACT
CHOOSE
CONSEQUENCES
ALTER NATIVES
ANALYZE DATA
GATHER DATA
PINPOINT PROBLEM
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A PARADOX

• Critical thinking
• Rational decision-making

Trusting your GUT